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![[Video] Interview With Afro Funk/Disco DJ Frank Gossner Who Returns To Saigon Tomorrow](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/hOVGX1mb.jpg)
Music & Arts
Frank Gossner has one of the largest West African funk and disco records around. He’s a collector, a DJ and a promoter. He runs the website Voodoo Funk , which is recommended by the Beastie Boys.
Heritage
An essential feature of life in early colonial Saigon, the Tour de l'Inspection was not so much a sunset promenade as an event designed to showcase wealth and power.
Saigon
It looks like VietJet’s “unofficial” photos of lingerie-clad models that were leaked and went viral late last week have already inspired a parody from one of Saigon’s most popular restaurants.
Saigon
The gorgeous, century-old villa, which fronts Võ Văn Tần , Bà Huyện Thanh Quan and Nguyễn Thị Diệu Streets in District 3, may not be long for this world, reports Vietnam Net .
Vietnam
Vietnam’s billion-dollar highway cracks after opening [Thanh Nien] Vietnamese guests at Paris fashion week [Vietnam Net] Work starts on 9.4 mln USD habour in Dong Nai [Vietnam Plus]
Saigon
An essential feature of life in early colonial Saigon, the Tour de l'Inspection was not so much a sunset promenade as an event designed to showcase wealth and power.
Vietnam
The rustic beauty of Cần Thơ was captured through the lens of a Belgian photographer, Harry Gruyaert, on his visit to Vietnam in 1994.
![[Video] 'Asia's First' Gold-Dispensing ATMs Launched In Singapore](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/bmq1Tpib.jpg)
Vietnam
Singapore is now home to a set of gold-dispensing ATMs, the “first in Asia” according to the company which produced them, reports The Straights Times . The 2 machines were launched on Wednesday morning at Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands.
Culture
On his website, On A Bike Vietnam , Alex Sinclair Lack presents his list of the 10 driving commandments for Vietnam. While a tad less scandalous than Biggies 10 crack commandments , keeping Lack’s list in mind while piloting your motorbike may also one day save your life.
Saigon
You have about 2 hours to say your last goodbyes to the interior of Saigon’s historic Tax Center .
Vietnam
Last Friday morning, a train derailed in the northern province of Nam Dinh when it slammed into an idle truck. Railway officials told Thanh Nien that the vehicle had been parked on an illegal road that spans the train tracks.
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City to set up radiation response team [Tuoi Tre] Over 1.3 million travelers visit grave of General Vo Nguyen Giap [SGGP] Vietnamese Goods Week opens in Paris [Nhan Dan]
Vietnam
Repairs to the broken Asia America Gateway (AAG) cable will be completed on October 1, 5 days ahead of schedule thanks to “mild weather,” reports Thanh Nien .
Vietnam
When Hanoi woman, Đặng Thi Thọ, bought an apple to place on her family’s shrine during Tết this year, she was surprised to find it unspoiled 9 months after purchase, reports VN Express .
Development
Saigon might not be the only one who’s getting a shiny new airport .
Sports
The second Vietnam Mountain Marathon took place over the weekend of 20-21 September, with almost 400 runners from 40 nations descending on the mountains of Sapa to take on trails of 10, 21, 42 and a monstrous 70km in length.
Vietnam
One of the most respected foreigners in the annals of Vietnamese history, Alexandre Yersin, has posthumously been awarded “honorary Vietnamese citizenship.”
Development
Despite protests from traders, The administration of Ho Chi Minh City’s Tân Bình District plans to move forward with a plan to replace the 50-year-old Tân Bình Market with “a six-story traditional, civilized market,” according to Tuoi Tre .
Vietnam
$40mln hospital with helipad debuts in southern Vietnam [Tuoi Tre] A Vietnam-Italy Fashion Council founded [DTI] Vietnam still plagued by sex-selective abortions [Thanh Nien]
![[Photos] Event Rewind: Saigoneer Photo Walk With Lee Starnes](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/legacy/0nQHvHpb.jpg)
Music & Arts
Last Sunday, Lee Starnes led the second monthly Saigoneer photo walk, taking a group of amateur photographers around the streets and alleys of District 1, capturing images of the area’s street life along the way.
Heritage
Resident Saigoneer historian and the brains behind Historic Vietnam , Tim Doling, has just released a new book, "Exploring Hồ Chí Minh City" featuring a great set of walking tours around our fair city.
Asia
There was a time, not too long ago, when Saigon wasn’t full of tourists and backpackers. In the late 1980s, Vietnam had just opened its doors to the west and was rushing to renovate its decrepit colonial-era hotels. With few local options available, international investors found an ingenious way to fill the need for five-star accommodations in the city: a floating hotel.
Vietnam
Some blame sharks while others conjure up Chinese conspiracy theories, but FPT officials fault “below-standard technical design” for the regular breaks in the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) cable which was severed last week , making access to international websites extremely slow for Vietnamese Internet users.
Vietnam
While most of the old photos we show here are from Saigon and Hanoi, we wanted to give a shout-out to the Hue, Vietnam’s capital until 1945.
